A rehabilitation programme to increase reading performance in adults with a vision impairment

• Authors: Kamila Růžičková , Petra Bendova , Ivan Růžička

Title variants

PL

Program rehabilitacji realizowany w celu zwiększenia efektywności czytania u dorosłych z uszkodzeniem wzroku

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This research attempted to establish the content validity of an experimental rehabilitation programme which was carried out in order to show an increase in reading performance – the Reading Performance Vision Rehabilitation Programme (or the RPVRP). The programme was tested on adults with low vision (severe and profound) in the Czech Republic. The following methods of experimental testing were used: reading speed, number of mistakes, and the ability to use obtained information (pretest, posttest No. 1, posttest No. 2) for evaluating the level of increase in reading skills. Results: Our findings confirm that the experimental Reading Performance Vision Rehabilitation Programme significantly influenced the effectivity of using vision potential and increased reading performance in the investigated cases.

Keywords

EN

vision impairment; vision rehabilitation; vision training programme; reading skills; reading performance; adults with vision impairments

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 5
• Pages: 18-27

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

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Kamila Růžičková

• Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

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Petra Bendova

• Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

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Ivan Růžička

• Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic